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Introduction Recent data indicate that cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in women.1 Nevertheless, CVD in women worldwide is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated compared with men.2 The cardiac symptoms in women are often misdiagnosed and dismissed as anxiety related. Moreover, South East Asian women are known to have a considerably longer delay in seeking treatment due to education level, socioeconomic reasons, and limited mobility. Consequently, these women are less likely to obtain guideline-based treatments such as statins.3 The application of non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques, notably cardiac